Le Programme alimentaire mondial recrute 01 responsable des partenariats

Le Programme alimentaire mondial recrute 01 responsable des partenariats

Le Programme alimentaire mondial recrute 01 responsable des partenariats, Bureau régional pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest.

• Unit/ Division: Partnership Unit
• Contract Type: Regular Consultancy / CST
• Contract duration: 11 months
• Duty Station (City, Country): Regional Bureau for Western Africa – Dakar, Senegal

Background and purpose of the assignment

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. We are the world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters, and the impact of climate change.

This position is with WFP’s Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa, based in Dakar, Senegal. The Regional Bureau provides policy guidance, oversight, and technical assistance to 19 Country Offices in the region.

The job holder drives WFP’s effective positioning with partners to attract policy support, resources, technical assistance, and innovative solutions to advance the work of WFP in achieving the SDGs and Zero Hunger together with its partners. The position reports to the head of Government Partnerships team and operates across the assigned area as described below and work independently, using technical knowledge and experiences.

This position provides policy guidance as well as operational and technical support to the 19 Country Offices in the region while also leading the partnership portfolio with the regional partners. These partners can include governments, UN agencies, intergovernmental institutions and their member states, international financial institutions, individuals, corporations, foundations, and NGOs.

Accountabilities/responsibilities: (within delegated authority)

• Share corporate partnership strategies, normative guidance and standards with the Country Offices and ensure that they are adhered to.
• Support and guide the Country Offices in developing partnerships strategies by providing both strategic and technical advice.
• Proactively support Country Offices in their partner engagement and fundraising efforts by supporting their partnership landscape analysis, sharing useful donor intel, and sharing good practices.
• Provide technical advice and assistance to the Country Offices throughout the process of fundraising and fund management, including advocacy, preparation of proposals and agreements, grant negotiation and contribution management as well as reporting, considering corporate norms, processes, legal agreements, and external regulations; Ensure quality control of content by engaging with relevant functional units and HQ.
• Ensure proper sharing of necessary knowledge and skills among the Partnerships Officers in the region, by organizing webinars, facilitating knowledge sharing, and supporting organization of regional workshops.
• Support the Head of Unit and the Regional Bureau management in positioning WFP at the regional level by proactively highlight strategic opportunities and issues, preparing quality brief, and support the preparation of external events and meetings.
• Coordinate with other units and Country Offices and lead the process of developing regional partner proposals and reports, as well as manage operational communication with regional partners.
• Provide coaching and guidance to junior staff to enable high performance of the unit.
• Contribute to corporate planning and reporting processes, by providing technical recommendations and guidance.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications & experience required

Education

Advanced University degree in Political Science, International affairs, / Humanitarian / Development studies, Marketing, Public relations or any other relevant areas, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience.

Experience:

At least three (03) years of relevant professional experiences including partnerships management and project implementation in the humanitarian or development operations.

Technical knowledge & skills

• External partnership / relationship management
• Resource mobilisation including preparation of proposals and reports
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Information management, Analytics & Reporting
• Experience with / knowledge of WFP operation is an asset

Language

Fluency in English (mandatory) and French (strongly preferred)

Why work with us?

This position is based in the Regional Bureau for Western Africa, Dakar, Senegal. It supports 19 country offices (CO) in their programme delivery and advocate for the integration of WFP corporate priorities (People at the centre, Organizational effectiveness, Triple Nexus and Digital transformation) into national policies and programmes.

The Regional Bureau core functions are to provide strategic guidance, technical support, and operational oversight. By providing guidance and policy support to COs, the Regional Bureau ensures clear communication at management level between HQ, RB and COs, in line with the realignment of HQ-RB responsibilities, including advisory support to improve the quality of programme implementation, positioning and fundraising efforts. Significant work of the Regional Bureau is around technical support provided to COs, notably to ensure the quality of project design, to facilitate the sharing of technical resources and enhance CO’s staff capacity. WFP Regional Bureau also advocates for assessing and recommending appropriate actions to strengthen the capacities of Governments and National actors involved in achieving SDG2, foster the linkages between national academics, research entities and WFP operations. The Regional Bureau works to strengthen emergency preparedness and response capacities across the region to strategically position WFP as the leading organization responding to emergencies.

This is an opportunity for an exciting and challenging position in a multi-cultural and interdisciplinary team, based in a unique location, on a topic with high relevance. In addition, we offer:

Meaningful and impactful careers:

Our day-to-day work makes a difference in the lives of the people we serve

Continuous learning and training:

We provide learning tools for our staff to continually develop their careers

Multicultural and stimulating work environment:

We encourage gender and cultural diversity to make our teams stronger

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Qualified female applicants are especially encouraged to apply.

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate based on race, sex, colour, ethnic group, age, sexual orientation, other affiliation, or HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

Deadline for applications: 21 November 2021.